The definitions in this
section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly
requires otherwise.
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the
Washington state health care authority, established under chapter 41.05 RCW.
(2) "Board" means the health insurance partnership board
established in RCW 70.47A.100.
(3) "Eligible partnership participant" means an individual
who:
(a) Is a resident of the state of Washington;
(b) Has family income that does not exceed two hundred
percent of the federal poverty level, as determined annually by
the federal department of health and human services; and
(c) Is employed by a participating small employer or is a
former employee of a participating small employer who chooses to
continue receiving coverage through the partnership following
separation from employment.
(4) "Health benefit plan" has the same meaning as defined in
RCW 48.43.005.
(5) "Participating small employer" means a small employer
that employs at least one eligible partnership participant and
has entered into an agreement with the partnership for the
partnership to offer and administer the small employer's group
health benefit plan, as defined in federal law, Sec. 706 of ERISA
(29 U.S.C. Sec. 1167), for enrollees in the plan.
(6) "Partnership" means the health insurance partnership
established in RCW 70.47A.030.
(7) "Partnership participant" means an employee of a
participating small employer, or a former employee of a
participating small employer who chooses to continue receiving
coverage through the partnership following separation from
employment.
(8) "Small employer" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 48.43.005.
(9) "Subsidy" or "premium subsidy" means payment or
reimbursement to an eligible partnership participant toward the
purchase of a health benefit plan, and may include a net billing
arrangement with insurance carriers or a prospective or
retrospective payment for health benefit plan premiums.
[2007 c 260 § 2; 2006 c 255 § 2.]